diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index a166bd5e364..ddd8f4639dd 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
         "copy-template-dir": "^1.4.0",
         "debug": "^4.1.1",
         "decache": "^4.6.0",
-        "del": "^6.0.0",
         "dot-prop": "^6.0.0",
         "dotenv": "^10.0.0",
         "env-paths": "^2.2.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 36be45a0d9b..4ab1d47119c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@
     "copy-template-dir": "^1.4.0",
     "debug": "^4.1.1",
     "decache": "^4.6.0",
-    "del": "^6.0.0",
     "dot-prop": "^6.0.0",
     "dotenv": "^10.0.0",
     "env-paths": "^2.2.0",
diff --git a/src/lib/fs.js b/src/lib/fs.js
index 54082a11693..d4418a4b19a 100644
--- a/src/lib/fs.js
+++ b/src/lib/fs.js
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 // @ts-check
 const {
   constants,
-  promises: { access, readFile, rm, stat },
+  promises: { access, readFile, rm, rmdir, stat },
 } = require('fs')
 const { version } = require('process')
 
-const del = require('del')
 const { gte, parse } = require('semver')
 
 const NODE_VERSION = parse(version)
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ const rmdirRecursiveAsync = async (path) => {
   if (gte(NODE_VERSION, '14.14.0')) {
     return await rm(path, { force: true, recursive: true })
   }
-  await del(path, { force: true })
+  await rmdir(path, { recursive: true })
 }
 
 /**